A noun that denotes a collection of persons or things regarded as one unit is called a

• A. Proper noun
• B. Collective noun
• C. Abstract noun
• D. Countable noun

Answer: (B)

A word that names a collection of people or things as one unit is a collective noun. It represents the group as a single entity, not each member individually. For example, in “the committee meets today,” the word committee stands for the whole group acting together. This differs from a proper noun, which is a specific, unique name (like a city or person); an abstract noun, which names an idea, quality, or state; and a countable noun, which refers to items you can count individually. Collective nouns such as team, family, or flock convey the sense of a group treated as a single unit, which is exactly what the question describes.